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"... take today’s social media, add a splash of sophisticated 3D, fold in a plethora of options for entertainment and gaming, garnish it all with data-driven personalization, and you are all set to take away your order of a supersized social media network, the Metaverse."

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https://thedecisionlab.com/insights/technology/brave-new-world-how-the-metaverse-may-shape-our-psychology

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Brave New World: How the Metaverse May Shape Our Psychology - The Decision Lab

The Metaverse is the hottest topic in tech and beyond. But if we don’t plan for the dawn of this new world, we risk repeating past mistakes
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Strypey
Strypey
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"We have known about the echo chambers on social media for a while. Social media algorithms are designed to learn what you like and keep showing you content that fits that bill — which is to say, content that you are likely to agree with."

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Not necessarily. It's more likely to show content chosen for its potential to enrage.
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Strypey
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"You can choose not to go to a gym for the rest of your life, but still walk around [In the Metaverse] with biceps that make bodybuilders jealous. There is no limit here.

This is a gateway to body dysmorphia on steroids. What happens when we’re so accustomed to our gorgeous, fantasy selves that we can no longer stand to look at our imperfect, real-world faces and bodies?"

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Strypey
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"I don’t know when or if the Metaverse will take form. But I do know that if there’s even a slight chance of this happening, I would rather be on the inside, working actively to raise awareness of its potential pitfalls and building defenses against them, than to be on the outside and wait for the Netflix documentary about how we all got psychology wrong in the Metaverse."

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